Roger A. de Freitas, MD
Attending physician, Cardiology; Assistant professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
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Specialties
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Cardiology
Treats congenital heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias and acquired heart disease. Services include diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, telemedicine, noninvasive and invasive electro-physiology and heart transplants. Learn more »
Special interests
Adult congenital heart disease and non-invasive imaging, including cardiac MRI
Health care plans accepted
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- Aetna (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
- Beech Street (PPO)
- Best Doctors (PPO)
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CCN (PPO)
- CIGNA (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
- Employer Coalition on Health (HMO)
- First Health (PPO)
- Great West Health Care (formerly One Health Plan) (PPO)
- Harmony Health Plans of Illinois (HMO)
- Health Alliance Medical Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- HealthNetwork/Wellmark (PPO)
- HFN, Inc. (EPO, PPO)
- Humana, Inc. (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Illinois Health Connect (HMO)
- Managed Care Strategies (PPO)
- Multiplan (PPO)
- National Provider Network (PPO)
- Preferred Plan (PPO)
- Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (POS, PPO)
- Sagamore - Indiana (PPO)
- UniCare (HMO, PPO)
- United Healthcare of Illinois (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
- WEA Insurance Group (PPO)
Notes
Children's Memorial at Central DuPage Hospital: inpatient consultations and echogardiogram interpretations
Medical school
University of California, 1990
Postgraduate training
Fellowship in adult congenital heart disease, Boston Medical Center, 1997-2000; Fellowship in pediatric cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1995-1997; Residency in internal medicine and pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1991-1994
Certifications
Board certified in Pediatric Cardiology, 2002; Cardiovascular Disease, 2001; Pediatrics, 1994, recertified 2002
Professional organizations
American College of Cardiology, Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, American Society of Echocardiography, Massachusetts Medical Society
Disclaimer: The above health care plan information is subject to change without notice. Children's Memorial Hospital has made every effort to ensure that this information is correct, but patients should always check with their insurance company regarding current participation in the listed health plans. Specialized services such as psychiatry (mental health) typically require specific individual confirmation.
- Physicians and staff
- Head
- In-house staff
- Deborah A. Bryk-Serva, MD
- Grace R. Choi, MD
- Roger A. de Freitas, MD
- C. Elise Duffy, MD
- Wayne H. Franklin, MD, MPH
- Katheryn E. Gambetta, MD
- Jeffrey G. Gossett, MD
- Nina L. Gotteiner, MD
- Peter R. Koenig, MD
- Sulekha P. Kumar, MD
- Amy S. Lay, MD
- Nguyenvu T. Nguyen, MD
- Elfriede Pahl, MD
- Michael A. Paul, MD
- Tania L. Saroli, MD
- Sabrina Tsao, MD
- Dolores A. Vitullo, MD
- Kendra M. Ward, MD
- David Wax, MD
- Catherine L. Webb, MD
- Luciana T. Young, MD
- Members of CCPA*
- Advanced practice nurses
- Gene E. Brooks, MSN, CPNP
- Elizabeth S. Cappella, MSN, PNP
- Ana Maria Fernandez, APN, MSN
- Debbie Jefferson, APN
- Gina Jellen, MSN, PNP
- Meghan Kostyk, APN, CPNP
- Kerry Lazewski, APN, CPNP
- Judith Marshall, APN, NP
- Rebecca M. Powrozek, APN, MSN
- Patricia Lynch Stapleton, APN, NP
- Jennifer Winter Kedzierski, APN, PNP
*An independent association affiliated with Children's Memorial Hospital; physicians' offices are located throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area.
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